Favorite: Daddy by Heinzs

[Berlie]

Title: Daddy
Author Heinzs

Nominated by: Mystified and nineinchnails420

Originally posted in Poetry from the Dark Side on 02-07-2002
http://www.poetrypages.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ ... 9;t=000004

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"Daddy"

In the darkness I sit,
sobbing uncontrollably,
inconsolably.
My back against the bed,
my knees tight
against my chest.
I rock with each sob,
punctuating the dreadful pain.
I see his naked form,
floating,
bobbing on the pool surface
like a rubber toy.
I know he is gone -
nevermore to romp and frolic
in carefree childish joy.
Never again shall I hold him
tightly to my heart
as I now hug my knees.
In the midst of my family
I am alone
and lost.
Grief and memory
are all that remain.
Despair clouds my mind
and I consider ending it -
the truth is unbearable.
But something stays my hand,
and now, after twenty years,
the pain no longer stabs
quite so sharply.
At long last it is time
to let this aged scar
rest upon my soul.
I must forge ahead
towards life!
Too long ignored,
too many others hurt
in the process.
I must heal myself
before I can heal
my family.

But...
he never called me
"Daddy".

by Heinzs

<small>[ 08-17-2003, 07:03 PM: Message edited by: heinzs ]</small>

[raincollector]

Dear Lord...that is so powerful...

[heinzs]

I want to thank Mystified and NIN for nominating this piece, and thank you RC for your visit and comment!

Heinz

[Mystified]

Heinzs,

This poem has got to be one of the most touching, heartfelt powerful poems I have ever read. It was an honour to be able to nominate it.

Thank you for sharing it with us.